Comments on: nownow.com/nownow answers by email… NOW http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940/nownowcomnownow-answers-by-email-now/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Phillybrarian http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940/nownowcomnownow-answers-by-email-now/comment-page-1/#comment-61735 Phillybrarian Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:12:50 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940#comment-61735 And ~ for all the folklorists out there ~ we shouldn't forget "Epaminandos," another cultural variant to "Juan Bobo" and "Lazy Jack." And ~ for all the folklorists out there ~ we shouldn’t forget “Epaminandos,” another cultural variant to “Juan Bobo” and “Lazy Jack.”

]]> By: GeekChic http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940/nownowcomnownow-answers-by-email-now/comment-page-1/#comment-60329 GeekChic Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:17:44 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940#comment-60329 As a Turker, I can confirm that the NowNow answers come from people working for mturk.com. If you supply an answer that passes basic verification you are usually paid one or two cents (though some questions don't pay anything initially). However, if people rate your answer highly, you can get paid as much as $100 - depending on how highly your answer is rated compared to other answers for the same question. NowNow also awards monthly bonuses for the people who receive the highest "grades" as answerers (is that a word?!). I've never won a monthly bonus, but I have won an answer award before. As a Turker, I can confirm that the NowNow answers come from people working for mturk.com. If you supply an answer that passes basic verification you are usually paid one or two cents (though some questions don’t pay anything initially). However, if people rate your answer highly, you can get paid as much as $100 – depending on how highly your answer is rated compared to other answers for the same question. NowNow also awards monthly bonuses for the people who receive the highest “grades” as answerers (is that a word?!). I’ve never won a monthly bonus, but I have won an answer award before.

]]> By: Sarah Mae http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940/nownowcomnownow-answers-by-email-now/comment-page-1/#comment-60133 Sarah Mae Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:04:23 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1940#comment-60133 Third time's the charm? I was floored by that response. Of the top of my head it is some version of <i>Juan Bobo</i>. After checking on Novelist, it is possibly <i>Lazy Jack</i>. I probably would have given that as a response with some info on how to use Novelist instead of a lengthy listing of resources with no indication of having tried to find the answer. Librarians post patron book "stumpers" on YALSA-BK all the time to get help finding the answer. Third time’s the charm?

I was floored by that response. Of the top of my head it is some version of Juan Bobo. After checking on Novelist, it is possibly Lazy Jack.

I probably would have given that as a response with some info on how to use Novelist instead of a lengthy listing of resources with no indication of having tried to find the answer.

Librarians post patron book “stumpers” on YALSA-BK all the time to get help finding the answer.

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